This past September 2010 Raise the Sky produced an amazing tribute to Steve Harrington 11.25.68-11.11.09, who was killed in a skydiving accident during the 2009 US National Formation Record. Everyone surrounding this project was very generous with their work and time. Taya Weiss, founder of Raise The Sky, is an amazing person dedicated to her mission of giving back to the world. This memorial event created the possibility for a new foundation formulated by Raise the Sky, The Steve Harrington Scholarship Fund. A great weekend of jumping at Pepperell Skydiving Center, Steve’s local Drop zone. Organizers for both RW and Wingsuiting were on hand to help out. Jeff Nebelkopf successfully organized an “S” formation with the pool of Steve’s wingsuiter …
July 4th Boogie SNE
July 4th boogie here at SNE was a BLAST. Beautiful weather gave way to solid back to back loads all the way through the weekend. From tandems to Fun jumpers to AFF everyone was jumping, all day long. We had two people get their “A” licenses this weekend, Kevin and Jamie. We’ve got a lot of people coming off AFF and moving into the coaching realm and more “A” licenses are on the way. Definitely a fine summers crop of skydivers ready to ripen and blossom. On Friday Dale made his 100th jump with great video and as standard, ceremoniously pied and tossed into the swoop pond when we all finally caught up to him. Saturday saw a full day …
A Celebration of Life – Patrick Dodgin 2.4.1949 – 12.26.09
As skydivers, learning to say goodbye starts with simply celebrating life as only skydivers can. This past weekend, Queen “Bee” Productions, Jeannie Bankston, organized an incredible memorial tribute to one of our own Patrick Dodgin and hosted by his beloved wife Amy Smith Dodgin. It was a full day. Four jumps blew the rust off a few with the last two jumps being ash dives with one on the beach. A tribute by Ruben Garcia was simply inspiring, started the ceramony. The VFW showed up in full force with over 25 participants, a military gun salute and a flag presentation to his wife, Amy Smith Dodgin.Lyle Presse organized the troops with a foolproof plan that worked for all jumps, giving …
Perris 100 Way Camp COMPLETION
Want to check out all the pics, go to the low priced, easy download GALLERY. Want to tag yourself, your friends? Go to my FACEBOOK profile. The end is here. The camp is over. LAST jump and my group did it! They completed. The other group had to do a go around, lost floaters and had to land. What a great weekend. Never before have I seen a camp this big where people generated so much big way experience. The learning curve was HIGH to say the least. Many of these peoples limits were pushed beyond their own expectations. Any of you looking to take your RW to the next level should check out Perris Valley Skydiving It’s the end …
March Madness Casino Night
Another great party at Skydive Sebastian, Florida.Weather kept most out of the skies for the better part of the weekend, but everyone stayed for this yearly Casino themed event.Lyle Presse from SkydiveTshirts.com hosted an organized RW weekend with Carolina Flock jumpers. Many only jumped Friday during the event and wisdom and experience kept them on the ground Saturday as winds gusted over 30MPH.Some pics are below. Still, Lyle kept the group busy with trips to the local watering holes and boat rides to the islands.The prizes during the party were top notch totaling over $5000! Including a FREE Javelin Rig and blocks of tickets.Great to see old friends and meet some new ones.Our last big boogie for the season. Looking …